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Dominican Republic Budget Endemics of Hispaniola 30Th November to 6Th December 2022 (7 Days) Dominican Republic Budget Endemics of Hispaniola 30th November to 6th December 2022 (7 days) Palmchat by Dušan Brinkhuizen Although the Dominican Republic is perhaps best known for its luxurious beaches, outstanding food and vibrant culture, this island has much to offer both the avid birder and general naturalist alike. Because of the amazing biodiversity sustained on the island, Hispaniola ranks highest in the world as a priority for bird protection! This 7-day birding tour provides the perfect opportunity to encounter nearly all of the island’s 32 endemic bird species, plus other Greater Antillean specialities. We accomplish this by thoroughly exploring the island’s variety of habitats, from the evergreen and Pine forests of the Sierra de Bahoruco to the dry forests of the coast. Furthermore, our accommodation ranges from remote cabins deep in the forest to well-appointed hotels in the old Colonial district of Santo Domingo, each with its own unique local flair. Join us for this delightful tour to the most diverse island in the Caribbean! RBL Dominican Republic – Budget Itinerary 2 THE TOUR AT A GLANCE… THE ITINERARY Arrival in Santo Domingo, transfer to Villa Barrancoli via Santo Domingo Day 1 Botanical Gardens Days 2 & 3 Northern Sierra de Bahoruco Day 4 Lomo Charco Azul and Lago Enriquillo to Cachote Day 5 Cachote to Santo Domingo Day 6 Santo Domingo to Sabana del Mar (Paraiso Caño Hondo) Day 7 Sabana del Mar to Santo Domingo and final departure TOUR ROUTE MAP… RBL Dominican Republic – Budget Itinerary 3 THE TOUR IN DETAIL… Day 1: Arrival in Santo Domingo, transfer to Villa Barrancoli via Santo Domingo Botanical Gardens. Our group will meet after breakfast this morning in Santo Domingo, and begin our birding tour with a visit to a great Hispaniolan Parakeet site in the Colonial Zone of the city. We’ll then leave the bustling city and begin making our way west, with a brief stop in the city of Azua for lunch. We’ll search the shores of Lake Enriquillo for Hispaniolan Palm Crow before finishing our day birding the Palm Chat by Adam Riley environs of Villa Barrancoli Birding Lodge, near the village of Puerto Escondido. Days 2 & 3: Northern Sierra de Bahoruco. We have two days to explore the northern Sierra de Bahoruco and the myriad of endemics and habitats. We start early, driving up to the Zapoten Cloudforest where we’ll spend the morning, before making our way slowly back down to Villa Barrancoli for lunch. The long list of birds from today’s efforts might include Hispaniolan Nightjar, Scaly-naped Pigeon, Antillean Piculet, Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo, Hispaniolan Trogon, Antillean Siskin, Green-tailed Warbler, White-winged Warbler, Western Chat-Tanager, Hispaniolan Crossbill, Hispaniolan Emerald, Hispaniolan Amazon, Broad-billed and Narrow-billed Todies, Hispaniolan Woodpecker, Hispaniolan Pewee, Greater Antillean Elaenia, Stolid Flycatcher, Golden Swallow, Rufous-throated Solitaire, Antillean Euphonia, Hispaniolan Spindalis, Greater Antillean Bullfinch, Hispaniolan Oriole and the extremely rare La Selle Thrush. The lush greenery of the mountains is also the wintering ground of many important North American migrant species. Cape May, Prairie and Black-throated Blue Warblers are among the commoner Neotropical migrants but the range- restricted, boreal-breeding Bicknell’s Thrush is also present in small numbers. We’ll rest for a few hours, before heading out to bird the Rabo de Gato trail where all three species of Quail- Doves that occur on the island have been observed. The clear focus is the island’s endemic White-fronted Quail- Dove, recently split from Grey-headed Quail-Dove. Key West and Ruddy are La Selle Thrush by Dušan Brinkhuizen RBL Dominican Republic – Budget Itinerary 4 also seen here rarely. Night birding here is a must, and we will search for the Endemic Least Poorwill and the more widespread Northern Potoo. Day 4: Lomo Charco Azul and Lago Enriquillo to Cachote. We’ll spend the early morning birding at Loma Charco Azul nature trail, before looking for Hispaniolan Palm Crow at a nearby site off the shores of Lake Enriquillo (if we still need this species). We will have lunch on the road, before continuing into another part of the Sierra de Bahoruco range, the high elevation forest of Cachote. Eastern Chat-Tanager by Adam Riley The remainder of the afternoon will be spent birding and searching for the elusive Eastern Chat-Tanager. Day 5: Cachote to Santo Domingo. With a certain amount of luck and effort, we should have been able to get good views of Eastern Chat-Tanager already, but if not – we have another morning to try for it. Many miles outside of its known distribution, this southern slope population is little known and even less often searched for. These songsters are notorious skulkers, but with patience we usually get everyone on the bird. Besides the Eastern Chat-Tanager, we should also find Rufous-throated Solitaire, adorable Narrow-billed Tody, Hispaniolan Trogons, Hispaniolan Spindalis and Green- tailed Warblers. We will be treated a special breakfast of local cuisine prepared by our hosts from the nearby village of Cachote, before birding our way back down the mountain. We’ll take lunch on the road back to Santo Domingo where we expect to arrive later this afternoon. Guests will have the remainder of the evening to themselves to enjoy the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo and have dinner at the restaurant of your choice. Day 6: Santo Domingo to Sabana del Mar (Paraiso Caño Hondo). We’ll meet up again at 07:00 and depart our hotel to drive approximately 3 hours to Los Haitises National Park. While the first part of the drive is dominated by one of Hispaniola’s main crops – sugar cane, the latter half sees us cruising through some nice lowland forest patches, and mixed secondary habitats ranging from cattle ranch land to rice fields. A few species of interest we’ll likely add to our tally include Plain or Scaly-naped Pigeons, Hispaniolan Amazon, White- necked Crow and Black-whiskered Broad-billed Tody by Matthew Matthiessen Vireo. RBL Dominican Republic – Budget Itinerary 5 On arrival, we will enjoy a private boat ride through the mangroves and around the shores and small islands of the park in search of West Indian Whistling Ducks and other shore/sea birds, as well as visiting 2 large caves that contain many Taino Indian pictographs and petroglyphs. We’ll enjoy a typical Dominican lunch at the eco lodge where we will spend the night. After lunch guests will have some free time to rest or bird and enjoy the property before we head out in the early evening to search for the endemic Ashy-faced Owl. Day 7: Sabana del Mar to Santo Domingo and final departure. As was the case yesterday afternoon, our birding will be focused on a handful of species. In particular, we will search for one of the most imperilled endemic targets of the tour - Ridgway’s Hawk. Critically Endangered, this incredibly rare raptor has had its range reduced to only a small part of northern Dominican Republic, long since extinct in Haiti. On the upside, due to intensive and prolonged efforts by the Peregrine Fund, this species is making a Bay-breasted Cuckoo by Dušan Brinkhuizen small recovery. Our tour is timed to fall at the beginning of the breeding season, where we are often able to get excellent views of adults near their nesting site. Before departing for Santo Domingo, we will have time to enjoy some of the other unique species that call Altos de Caño Hondo home. This site is one of the better spots on the tour to get views of the bizarre Antillean Piculet. Too big to be closely-related to other neotropic Piculets, though too small to be a Woodpecker, this particular species looks and sound much more akin to Pygmy Woodpeckers of the Old World. Grey Kingbirds, Black-whiskered Vireo, several species of swallow, Bananaquits, Yellow-faced Grassquit, and Red-tailed Hawks are all also quite common here. A brief stop at the dock in Sabana del Mar offers a wonderful view of the surrounding mountain ranges that plunge into the Caribbean, as well as providing some nice shorebird and tern viewing. We’ve often found Hispaniolan Curlytail Lizards and some interesting anoles here, for those herp lovers on the tour. Ridgway's Hawk pair by Adam Riley RBL Dominican Republic – Budget Itinerary 6 FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS: Tour dates, prices, single supplement rates, approximate flight costs and spaces available for this tour are displayed on our website. Please see under IMPORTANT NOTES below. This includes: • All meals from lunch on day 1 to lunch on day 7 (except dinner on day 5); • All lodgings (5 nights at basic, rustic birding lodges and 1 night at a comfortable boutique hotel in the Colonial Zone of Santo Doming; • Comfortable ground transportation; • Reserve entrance fees; • Drinking water; • Extra activities as mentioned in the itinerary; and • Local guiding services The tour fee does not include: • Visa fees; • ANY flights; • Any drinks barring drinking water; • Tips and special gratuities; • Telephone calls, laundry and other items of a personal nature. Single Supplement: The single supplement cost for this tour will be charged if you wish to have single accommodation. If RBL cannot provide you with a rooming partner for these nights although you choose to share, the single supplement will become applicable. We will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that a rooming partner is found if you do wish to share. There is no Single Supplement available for two nights on this tour, when staying at a very basic lodge. This lodge does not have en-suite or private bathrooms, all are shared.
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